Gold Star WW2 Memory Plaque
Posted by: Groundspeak Regular Member calgriz
N 34° 18.610 W 118° 22.644
11S E 373259 N 3797405
World War 2 Gold Star Mother's Day Plaque, dedicated May 1950
Waymark Code: WM81HZ
Location: California, United States
Date Posted: 01/09/2010
Published By:Groundspeak Regular Member GT.US
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Gold Star Memorial- "In eternal memory of our sons who gave their lives on the battlegrounds of World War II who lie benath the distant seas and on foreign soil in their graves unknown to man. They are enshrined forever in our hearts."
(**SEE PHOTO**)This Gold Star Memorial is large 9'X9' square concrete structure with two flower cups that is placed in from of a large green hedge in section 3 in the western edge of the park. (FYI: It is only three rows away from a USMC Korean Medal of Honor recipient's grave, Sergeant Dan P. Matthews.) Bronze plaque with commemorative inscriptions and names of WW2 veterans is inside Glen Haven Memorial Park, Sylmar, CA. Glen Haven Memorial Park is a very large park-like valley setting in the foothills of the North East corner of the San Fernando Valley, off the intersections of Lopez and Kagel Canyons Roads.
Date of Dedication: 05/01/1950

Property Permission: Public

Location of waymark:
13017 N. LOpez Cyn RD
Sylmar, CA USA
91342-5626


Commemoration: Death WW2 veterans

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